{"id":4970,"date":"2019-08-05T08:52:37","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T12:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencescosmaincms.cm.ucf.edu\/sociology\/?page_id=4970"},"modified":"2026-10-15T13:45:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T17:45:02","slug":"degrees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/sociology\/undergraduate\/degrees\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergraduate Degrees"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ucf-undergraduate-programs\" style=\"display: block;width: 100%;max-width: 1120px;min-width: 0;margin: 0 auto;padding: 0 clamp(12px,2vw,24px);color: #222222;line-height: 1.65;text-align: left\">\n<div id=\"ucf-programs-hero\" style=\"background: #171717;color: #ffffff;border-top: 6px solid #ffc904;padding: 1.5rem 1.25rem;margin-bottom: 0;width: 100%;max-width: 100%;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0\">\n<p style=\"color: #ffc904;font-size: 0.8rem;font-weight: 800;letter-spacing: 0.12em;text-transform: uppercase;margin: 0 0 1.5rem\">UCF Sociology | Undergraduate Programs<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-wrap: wrap;align-items: center;gap: 2rem 3rem\">\n<div style=\"flex: 2 1 430px;min-width: 0\">\n<h2 style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: clamp(36px,5vw,60px);font-weight: 800;line-height: 1.06;letter-spacing: -0.025em;margin: 0 0 1.5rem\">See the system.<br \/>\nSolve the problem.<\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: 1.2rem;line-height: 1.65;max-width: 40rem;margin: 0 0 1.75rem\">Bring your questions about health, crime, technology, and society. Build the skills to investigate them.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-wrap: wrap;gap: 0.75rem\"><a style=\"display: inline-block;max-width: 100%;background: #ffc904;border: 2px solid #ffc904;color: #111111;font-size: 1rem;font-weight: 800;line-height: 1.4;padding: 0.8rem 1.1rem;text-decoration: none\" href=\"#sociology-degrees\">Find Your Program \u2193<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"display: inline-block;max-width: 100%;background: #ffffff;border: 2px solid #ffffff;border-radius: 4px;color: #171717;font-size: 1rem;font-weight: bold;line-height: 1.4;padding: 0.8rem 1.1rem;text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/sociology\/undergraduate\/advising\/\">Talk with an Advisor<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 260px;min-width: 0\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 0.8rem;font-weight: bold;letter-spacing: 0.06em;text-transform: uppercase;color: #cfcfcf;margin: 0 0 0.5rem\">Start with what interests you<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display: block;width: 100%;background: #303030;border-left: 4px solid #ffc904;border-radius: 0 4px 4px 0;color: #ffffff;padding: 1rem 1.1rem;margin: 0 0 0.65rem;font-size: 1.1rem;font-weight: bold;line-height: 1.4;text-decoration: none\" href=\"#medical-sociology\">Health &amp; medicine <span style=\"color: #ffc904\">&#x2197;<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"display: block;width: 100%;background: #303030;border-left: 4px solid #ffc904;border-radius: 0 4px 4px 0;color: #ffffff;padding: 1rem 1.1rem;margin: 0 0 0.65rem;font-size: 1.1rem;font-weight: bold;line-height: 1.4;text-decoration: none\" href=\"#crime-law-deviance\">Crime &amp; justice <span style=\"color: #ffc904\">&#x2197;<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"display: block;width: 100%;background: #146b68;border-left: 4px solid #ffffff;border-radius: 0 4px 4px 0;color: #ffffff;padding: 1rem 1.1rem;margin: 0 0 0.65rem;font-size: 1.1rem;font-weight: bold;line-height: 1.4;text-decoration: none\" href=\"#sts-certificate\">Science, Technology &amp; Society (STS) <span style=\"color: #ffffff\">&#x2197;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"border-top: 1px solid #555555;padding-top: 1.25rem;margin: 2rem 0 0;color: #e5e5e5;font-size: 1rem;line-height: 1.6\">Explore a degree. Focus your studies with a B.S. track. Add a certificate or minor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<nav style=\"display: flex;flex-wrap: wrap;justify-content: center;align-items: stretch;gap: 10px;width: 100%;max-width: 100%;background: #f5f5f5;padding: 16px;margin: 0 0 3rem\" aria-label=\"Explore undergraduate programs\"><a style=\"display: flex;flex: 1 1 165px;justify-content: center;align-items: center;min-width: 0;max-width: 100%;background: #ffc904;border: 2px solid #ffc904;border-radius: 4px;color: #111111;padding: 0.85rem 1rem;font-size: 1rem;font-weight: bold;line-height: 1.4;text-align: center;text-decoration: none\" href=\"#sociology-degrees\">B.A. &amp; B.S.<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"display: flex;flex: 1 1 165px;justify-content: center;align-items: center;min-width: 0;max-width: 100%;background: #252525;border: 2px solid #252525;border-radius: 4px;color: #ffffff;padding: 0.85rem 1rem;font-size: 1rem;font-weight: bold;line-height: 1.4;text-align: center;text-decoration: none\" href=\"#sociology-bs-tracks\">B.S. Tracks<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"display: flex;flex: 1 1 165px;justify-content: center;align-items: center;min-width: 0;max-width: 100%;background: #146b68;border: 2px solid #146b68;border-radius: 4px;color: #ffffff;padding: 0.85rem 1rem;font-size: 1rem;font-weight: bold;line-height: 1.4;text-align: center;text-decoration: none\" href=\"#sts-certificate\">Science Technology &amp; Society (STS) Certificate<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"display: flex;flex: 1 1 165px;justify-content: center;align-items: center;min-width: 0;max-width: 100%;background: #244a73;border: 2px solid #244a73;border-radius: 4px;color: #ffffff;padding: 0.85rem 1rem;font-size: 1rem;font-weight: bold;line-height: 1.4;text-align: center;text-decoration: none\" href=\"#social-sciences-degree\">Social Sciences B.S.<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"display: flex;flex: 1 1 165px;justify-content: center;align-items: center;min-width: 0;max-width: 100%;background: #6b4c7a;border: 2px solid #6b4c7a;border-radius: 4px;color: #ffffff;padding: 0.85rem 1rem;font-size: 1rem;font-weight: bold;line-height: 1.4;text-align: center;text-decoration: none\" href=\"#sociology-minors\">Minors<\/a><\/nav>\n<section style=\"margin-bottom: 3.5rem;width: 100%;max-width: 100%;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0\" aria-labelledby=\"sociology-degrees\">\n<p style=\"color: #555555;font-size: 0.8rem;font-weight: 800;letter-spacing: 0.1em;text-transform: uppercase;margin: 0 0 0.5rem\">Your Interests. A Research Foundation.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"sociology-degrees\" style=\"font-size: clamp(28px,3.5vw,38px);font-weight: 800;line-height: 1.2;margin: 0 0 1rem\">Sociology B.A. and B.S.<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-size: 1.15rem;max-width: 52rem;margin: 0 0 1.5rem\">Study the questions you keep coming back to. Why does inequality persist? How do families change? What makes an institution work?<\/p>\n<p style=\"max-width: 52rem;margin: 0 0 1.75rem\">Explore health, crime, culture, families, and social change while learning to ask focused questions, interpret data, and evaluate explanations. Both degrees combine social theory, statistics, research methods, and an individual research project. The B.S. also offers the focused tracks below.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-wrap: wrap;gap: 1rem 2rem;border-left: 5px solid #ffc904;background: #f5f5f5;padding: 1.25rem;margin-bottom: 1.75rem\">\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 230px;min-width: 0\">\n<p style=\"color: #555555;font-size: 0.75rem;font-weight: 800;letter-spacing: 0.05em;text-transform: uppercase;margin: 0 0 0.5rem\">Sociology B.A. &amp; B.S.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 1.5rem;font-weight: 800;line-height: 1.25;margin: 0\">Graduate with research of your own.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex: 2 1 350px;min-width: 0\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0\">In <strong>Data Analysis: Capstone<\/strong>, develop an original research project with faculty guidance. Gain experience turning a question into an analysis and explaining what your results mean.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<details style=\"border-top: 1px solid #dddddd;border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd;padding: 1rem 0\">\n<summary style=\"color: #222222;font-size: 1.05rem;font-weight: bold;line-height: 1.5\">B.A. or B.S.? Compare the requirements.<\/summary>\n<p style=\"margin: 1.25rem 0\">Both degrees require <strong>120 total credit hours<\/strong>. Here&#8217;s what sets them apart.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-wrap: wrap;gap: 1.25rem 2rem;margin-bottom: 1.25rem\">\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 260px;min-width: 0\">\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 1.2rem;line-height: 1.3;margin: 0 0 0.5rem\">Sociology B.A.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0\">Proficiency equivalent to two semesters of college instruction in a foreign language or American Sign Language.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 260px;min-width: 0\">\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 1.2rem;line-height: 1.3;margin: 0 0 0.5rem\">Sociology B.S.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0\">An additional approved methods course. The B.S. has no additional foreign-language graduation requirement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-wrap: wrap;gap: 0.75rem 1.5rem;margin-top: 1.25rem\"><a style=\"color: #222222;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree\/sociology-ba\/\">B.A. Requirements \u2192<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"color: #222222;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree\/sociology-bs\/\">B.S. Requirements \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section style=\"margin-bottom: 3.5rem;width: 100%;max-width: 100%;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0\" aria-labelledby=\"sociology-bs-tracks\">\n<p style=\"color: #555555;font-size: 0.8rem;font-weight: 800;letter-spacing: 0.1em;text-transform: uppercase;margin: 0 0 0.5rem\">Focus Your Sociology B.S.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"sociology-bs-tracks\" style=\"font-size: clamp(28px,3.5vw,38px);font-weight: 800;line-height: 1.2;margin: 0 0 1rem\">Two tracks. Questions worth pursuing.<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-size: 1.1rem;max-width: 50rem;margin: 0 0 1.75rem\">Connect your interest in health or crime and justice with the research skills to investigate it. Both tracks include statistics, research methods, advanced methods, data analysis, and an original research project.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-wrap: wrap;align-items: stretch;gap: 1.5rem\">\n<article style=\"flex: 1 1 340px;min-width: 0;display: flex;flex-direction: column;background: #f5f5f5;border-top: 5px solid #ffc904;padding: 1.5rem 1.25rem\" aria-labelledby=\"medical-sociology\">\n<p style=\"color: #555555;font-size: 0.75rem;font-weight: 800;letter-spacing: 0.1em;text-transform: uppercase;margin: 0 0 0.75rem\">Sociology B.S. Track<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"medical-sociology\" style=\"font-size: 1.6rem;font-weight: 800;line-height: 1.2;margin: 0 0 1rem\">Medical Sociology<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-size: 1.4rem;font-weight: bold;line-height: 1.3;margin: 0 0 1.25rem\">Why do some communities live longer?<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 1.25rem\">Look beyond the doctor\u2019s office. Examine how living and working conditions, inequality, public policy, and healthcare institutions shape health, illness, and access to care.<\/p>\n<div style=\"border-top: 1px solid #d5d5d5;padding-top: 1.1rem;margin-bottom: 1.5rem\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 0.8rem;font-weight: 800;letter-spacing: 0.05em;text-transform: uppercase;margin: 0 0 0.5rem\">Connect it to your future<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 0.75rem\">Prepare for health research, community health, healthcare organizations, and policy, or further study in public health, sociology, social work, medicine, and related fields.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 0.9rem;line-height: 1.6;margin: 0\">Planning a clinical career? Work with advising on any additional prerequisites.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: auto\"><a style=\"display: inline-block;max-width: 100%;background: #ffc904;border: 2px solid #ffc904;color: #111111;font-weight: 800;line-height: 1.4;padding: 0.8rem 1rem;text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/sociology\/medical-sociology-bs\/\">Explore Medical Sociology \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 0.95rem;margin: 1rem 0 0\"><a style=\"color: #222222;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree\/sociology-bs\/medical-sociology-track\/\">View track requirements<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article style=\"flex: 1 1 340px;min-width: 0;display: flex;flex-direction: column;background: #f5f5f5;border-top: 5px solid #ffc904;padding: 1.5rem 1.25rem\" aria-labelledby=\"crime-law-deviance\">\n<p style=\"color: #555555;font-size: 0.75rem;font-weight: 800;letter-spacing: 0.1em;text-transform: uppercase;margin: 0 0 0.75rem\">Sociology B.S. Track<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"crime-law-deviance\" style=\"font-size: 1.6rem;font-weight: 800;line-height: 1.2;margin: 0 0 1rem\">Crime, Law &amp; Deviance<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-size: 1.4rem;font-weight: bold;line-height: 1.3;margin: 0 0 1.25rem\">What makes a community safer?<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 1.25rem\">Study why crime occurs, how laws are created and enforced, who experiences victimization, and how communities respond to harm. Learn to evaluate explanations and examine the evidence behind crime and justice.<\/p>\n<div style=\"border-top: 1px solid #d5d5d5;padding-top: 1.1rem;margin-bottom: 1.5rem\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 0.8rem;font-weight: 800;letter-spacing: 0.05em;text-transform: uppercase;margin: 0 0 0.5rem\">Connect it to your future<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0\">Prepare for justice organizations, victim services, community programs, public agencies, policy, and research, or further study in sociology, criminology, criminal justice, public policy, and law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: auto\"><a style=\"display: inline-block;max-width: 100%;background: #ffc904;border: 2px solid #ffc904;color: #111111;font-weight: 800;line-height: 1.4;padding: 0.8rem 1rem;text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/sociology\/crime-law-and-deviance-b-s\/\">Explore Crime, Law &amp; Deviance \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 0.95rem;margin: 1rem 0 0\"><a style=\"color: #222222;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree\/sociology-bs\/crime-law-and-deviance-track\/\">View track requirements<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section style=\"background: #171717;color: #ffffff;border-left: 6px solid #55c6b5;padding: 1.75rem 1.25rem;margin-bottom: 3.5rem;width: 100%;max-width: 100%;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0\" aria-labelledby=\"sts-certificate\">\n<p style=\"color: #9ce7da;font-size: 0.8rem;font-weight: 800;letter-spacing: 0.1em;text-transform: uppercase;margin: 0 0 0.75rem\">Add a New Perspective to Your Major<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-wrap: wrap;gap: 2rem 2.5rem;align-items: flex-start\">\n<div style=\"flex: 2 1 430px;min-width: 0\">\n<h2 id=\"sts-certificate\" style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: clamp(28px,3.5vw,38px);font-weight: 800;line-height: 1.2;margin: 0 0 1rem\">Science, Technology &amp; Society (STS)<\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #9ce7da;font-size: 1rem;font-weight: bold;margin: 0 0 1.25rem\">Undergraduate Certificate \u00b7 15 credit hours<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: 1.2rem;line-height: 1.55;margin: 0 0 1.25rem\">AI. Biotechnology. Digital media.<br \/>\nWho shapes these technologies, who benefits, and who carries the risks?<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #e5e5e5;margin: 0 0 1.5rem\">Complement your major with coursework on the social, ethical, and policy questions surrounding technological change. Build your ability to assess its consequences and communicate across technical and nontechnical audiences. Connect that perspective to interests in technology, policy, communication, and public service.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display: inline-block;max-width: 100%;background: #ffc904;border: 2px solid #ffc904;color: #111111;font-weight: 800;line-height: 1.4;padding: 0.8rem 1rem;text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/sociology\/science-technology-and-society-sts-certificate\/\">Explore the STS Certificate \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 230px;min-width: 0;border-top: 1px solid #666666;padding-top: 1.25rem\">\n<h3 style=\"color: #ffffff;font-size: 1.2rem;font-weight: bold;line-height: 1.3;margin: 0 0 1rem\">Start with SYP 2422: Science, Technology, and Society (STS)<\/h3>\n<p class=\"line-height-0\" style=\"color: #e5e5e5;margin: 0 0 1.25rem\"><em><strong style=\"color: #ffffff\">Core course<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #e5e5e5;margin: 0 0 1.5rem\"><strong style=\"color: #ffffff\"><br \/>\nBuild across disciplines<\/strong><br \/>\nTwo Humanities electives<br \/>\nTwo Social Science electives<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #ffffff;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree\/science-technology-and-society-sts-undergraduate-certificate\/\">View certificate requirements \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section style=\"margin-bottom: 3.5rem;width: 100%;max-width: 100%;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0\" aria-labelledby=\"social-sciences-degree\">\n<p style=\"color: #244a73;font-size: 0.8rem;font-weight: 800;letter-spacing: 0.1em;text-transform: uppercase;margin: 0 0 0.5rem\">Combine Your Interests<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-wrap: wrap;gap: 1.5rem 2.5rem;align-items: flex-start\">\n<div style=\"flex: 2 1 430px;min-width: 0\">\n<h2 id=\"social-sciences-degree\" style=\"font-size: clamp(28px,3.5vw,38px);font-weight: 800;line-height: 1.2;margin: 0 0 1rem\">Social Sciences B.S.<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-size: 1.15rem;margin: 0 0 1.25rem\">Your interests can cross disciplines. Your degree can, too.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 1.25rem\">Build an interdisciplinary degree around <strong>three approved social science minors<\/strong>, alongside statistics and an approved research methods course. Options span anthropology, communication, political science, psychology, sociology, and women\u2019s and gender studies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 1.25rem\">Work with advising to connect an approved combination to your academic and career interests.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display: inline-block;max-width: 100%;background: #244a73;border: 2px solid #244a73;color: #ffffff;font-weight: bold;line-height: 1.4;padding: 0.8rem 1rem;text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree\/social-sciences-bs\/\">Explore the Social Sciences B.S. \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 1rem 0 0\"><a style=\"color: #222222;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/sociology\/undergraduate\/advising\/\">Discuss Your Degree Plan<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 230px;min-width: 0;background: #f5f5f5;border-left: 5px solid #244a73;padding: 1.25rem\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 1.6rem;font-weight: 800;line-height: 1.2;margin: 0 0 0.5rem\">3 approved minors<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 1.25rem\">Only one minor from any department or school.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 1.6rem;font-weight: 800;line-height: 1.2;margin: 0 0 0.5rem\">120 credit hours<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0\">Total degree requirement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section style=\"margin-bottom: 3rem;width: 100%;max-width: 100%;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0\" aria-labelledby=\"sociology-minors\">\n<p style=\"color: #6b4c7a;font-size: 0.8rem;font-weight: 800;letter-spacing: 0.1em;text-transform: uppercase;margin: 0 0 0.5rem\">Keep Your Major. Broaden Your Perspective.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"sociology-minors\" style=\"font-size: clamp(28px,3.5vw,38px);font-weight: 800;line-height: 1.2;margin: 0 0 1rem\">Seven ways to add sociology.<\/h2>\n<p style=\"max-width: 50rem;margin: 0 0 1.5rem\">Studying something else? Explore a minor in health, crime, culture, inequality, global issues, or spatial analysis. These minors are for students majoring in fields other than Sociology. Select a minor to learn more.<\/p>\n<details style=\"border-top: 1px solid #dddddd;padding: 1rem 0\">\n<summary style=\"font-size: 1.1rem;font-weight: bold;line-height: 1.5\">Sociology <span style=\"font-size: 0.9rem;font-weight: 400;color: #555555\">\u00b7 18 credits<\/span><\/summary>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.75rem 0\">Build a broad understanding of social life, institutions, and behavior through a flexible selection of sociology courses.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #222222;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree\/sociology-minor\/\">Explore the Sociology minor \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details style=\"border-top: 1px solid #dddddd;padding: 1rem 0\">\n<summary style=\"font-size: 1.1rem;font-weight: bold;line-height: 1.5\">Medical Sociology <span style=\"font-size: 0.9rem;font-weight: 400;color: #555555\">\u00b7 18 credits<\/span><\/summary>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.75rem 0\">Examine how social conditions influence health, illness, access to care, and the organization of healthcare.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #222222;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree\/medical-sociology-minor\/\">Explore the Medical Sociology minor \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details style=\"border-top: 1px solid #dddddd;padding: 1rem 0\">\n<summary style=\"font-size: 1.1rem;font-weight: bold;line-height: 1.5\">Crime, Law &amp; Deviance <span style=\"font-size: 0.9rem;font-weight: 400;color: #555555\">\u00b7 18 credits<\/span><\/summary>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.75rem 0\">Investigate crime, delinquency, deviance, victimization, and the relationships between law and society.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #222222;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree\/crime-law-and-deviance-minor\/\">Explore the Crime, Law &amp; Deviance minor \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details style=\"border-top: 1px solid #dddddd;padding: 1rem 0\">\n<summary style=\"font-size: 1.1rem;font-weight: bold;line-height: 1.5\">Social Structures and Opportunity<\/summary>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.75rem 0\">Study class, status, and power, and how social structures shape access to resources and opportunities. See the program page for current requirements.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #222222;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/sociology\/undergraduate\/minors\/\">Explore Social Structures and Opportunity \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details style=\"border-top: 1px solid #dddddd;padding: 1rem 0\">\n<summary style=\"font-size: 1.1rem;font-weight: bold;line-height: 1.5\">Mass Culture and Collective Behavior <span style=\"font-size: 0.9rem;font-weight: 400;color: #555555\">\u00b7 18 credits<\/span><\/summary>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.75rem 0\">Explore popular culture, religion, sports, leisure, consumption, public opinion, and social movements.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #222222;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree\/mass-culture-and-collective-behavior-minor\/\">Explore the Mass Culture and Collective Behavior minor \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details style=\"border-top: 1px solid #dddddd;padding: 1rem 0\">\n<summary style=\"font-size: 1.1rem;font-weight: bold;line-height: 1.5\">Global Sociology <span style=\"font-size: 0.9rem;font-weight: 400;color: #555555\">\u00b7 16 credits<\/span><\/summary>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.75rem 0\">Examine social problems across societies. Includes study abroad and independent study; plan those experiences with advising.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #222222;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree\/global-sociology-minor\/\">Explore the Global Sociology minor \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details style=\"border-top: 1px solid #dddddd;border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd;padding: 1rem 0\">\n<summary style=\"font-size: 1.1rem;font-weight: bold;line-height: 1.5\">Spatial Sociology<\/summary>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.75rem 0\">Use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to investigate social and environmental disparities, health, and crime. See the program page for current requirements.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #222222;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/sociology\/undergraduate\/minors\/\">Explore the Spatial Sociology minor \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-wrap: wrap;gap: 0.75rem 1.5rem;margin-top: 1.25rem\"><a style=\"color: #222222;font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/sociology\/undergraduate\/minors\/\">Explore All Sociology Minors \u2192<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"color: #222222;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/catalog\/undergraduate\/\">UCF Undergraduate Catalog<\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<aside style=\"border-left: 4px solid #ffc904;padding: 0.5rem 1.25rem;margin-bottom: 3rem;width: 100%;max-width: 100%;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0\" aria-labelledby=\"online-options\">\n<h2 id=\"online-options\" style=\"font-size: 1.3rem;font-weight: bold;line-height: 1.3;margin: 0 0 0.75rem\">An online path is available.<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin: 0\">The Sociology B.A. and B.S., both specialized B.S. tracks, the STS Certificate, and the Social Sciences B.S. may be completed fully online. Not all electives or prerequisites are offered online; plan your selections with an advisor.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<section style=\"background: #f5f5f5;border-top: 5px solid #ffc904;padding: 1.75rem 1.25rem;margin-bottom: 2rem;width: 100%;max-width: 100%;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0\" aria-labelledby=\"program-advising\">\n<p style=\"color: #555555;font-size: 0.8rem;font-weight: 800;letter-spacing: 0.1em;text-transform: uppercase;margin: 0 0 0.5rem\">Take the Next Step<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"program-advising\" style=\"font-size: clamp(26px,3vw,34px);font-weight: 800;line-height: 1.2;margin: 0 0 1rem\">Start with a conversation.<\/h2>\n<p style=\"max-width: 48rem;margin: 0 0 1.5rem\">Tell us what interests you and where you want to go. Undergraduate advising can help you compare degrees, certificates, and minors, see how your coursework applies, and plan your next step.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display: inline-block;max-width: 100%;background: #222222;border: 2px solid #222222;color: #ffffff;font-weight: bold;line-height: 1.4;padding: 0.8rem 1rem;text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/sociology\/undergraduate\/advising\/\">Talk with Undergraduate Advising \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-wrap: wrap;gap: 0.75rem 1.5rem;margin-top: 1.25rem\"><a style=\"color: #222222;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/registrar.ucf.edu\/change-of-major\/\">Declare a Major, Track, Minor, or Certificate<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"color: #222222;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/my.ucf.edu\/\">Search Courses in myUCF<\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p style=\"color: #555555;font-size: 0.95rem;line-height: 1.6;margin: 0 0 2rem;width: 100%;max-width: 100%;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0\">Confirm requirements for your catalog year using official program information, your degree audit, and advising. Check sections, prerequisites, and availability in myUCF before enrolling.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-wrap: wrap;gap: 1.5rem 2rem;border-top: 1px solid #dddddd;padding-top: 1.5rem;width: 100%;max-width: 100%;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0\">\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 280px;min-width: 0\">\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 1.1rem;line-height: 1.3;margin: 0 0 0.75rem\">Questions About These Programs?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0\"><strong><a style=\"color: #222222;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/sociology\/person\/angela-vergara\/\">Dr. Angela Vergara<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nSociology Undergraduate Director and Social Sciences Program Director<br \/>\n<a style=\"color: #222222;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"mailto:Angela.Vergara@ucf.edu\">Angela.Vergara@ucf.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 280px;min-width: 0\">\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 1.1rem;line-height: 1.3;margin: 0 0 0.75rem\">Department of Sociology<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0\">Howard Phillips Hall (HPH), Room 403<br \/>\n<a style=\"color: #222222;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"tel:4078233744\">407-823-3744<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"color: #222222;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"mailto:sociology@ucf.edu\">sociology@ucf.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"color: #222222;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/sociology\/\">Department Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UCF Sociology | Undergraduate Programs See the system. 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